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Title / Operate mechanical plant used in boatbuilding
Level / 2 / Credits / 12
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare to operate, and operate mechanical plant used in boatbuilding.
Classification / Boating Industries Boatbuilding
Available grade / Achieved
Special notes
1All required equipment must be set up, started up, operated, and shut down in accordance with company procedures.
2All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented worksite health and safety procedures (where these exceed code) for personal, product, and worksite health and safety, and must meet the obligations required under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and subsequent and delegated legislation.
3All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented worksite environmental procedures (where these exceed code) for personal, product, and worksite environmental matters, and must meet the obligations required under the Resource Management Act 1991, and subsequent and delegated legislation.
4All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
5Definitions
Company procedures, documented or accepted procedures in the workplace where the unit standard is being assessed.
Job requirements,requirements that may or may not be specified but require correct choices to achieve including: following safety and workplace procedures and meeting generally accepted trade practice standards.
6Range
mechanical plant may include but is not limited to – band saw, circular saw, dimension saw, drum sander, bench sander, veneer hot presses, buzzer, spindle moulder, surface planer, section and plate rollers, pipe bender, brake press, drill press, thicknesser, dust extractor.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare to operate mechanical plant used in boatbuilding.
Performance criteria
1.1Machines, ancillary equipment, product and material hazards are identified and precautions taken in accordance with company procedures and occupational safety and health standards.
1.2The process and sequence of operation are identified in accordance with job requirements and company procedures.
1.3Mechanical plant is prepared for operation in accordance with job requirements and company procedures.
Element 2
Operate mechanical plant used in boatbuilding.
Rangeprocesses may include but are not limited to – slitting, rolling, tacking, welding, lacquering, flanging, seaming, handle fitting, pressing, lining, forming, riveting, swaging, cutting, screwing, stripping, gluing, wrapping, beading, bending;
evidence of at least four processes is required.
Performance criteria
2.1Raw material is identified, inspected, and loaded in accordance with job requirements and company procedures.
2.2Production processes are carried out in accordance with job requirements and company procedures.
2.3Finished product is inspected, stored, and/or dispatched in accordance with job requirements and company procedures.
2.4Scrap processing is performed in accordance with job requirements and company procedures.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Replacement information / This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 29237 and unit standard 29236.Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 28 March 2001 / 31 December 2018
Revision / 2 / 11 February 2005 / 31 December 2018
Review / 3 / 21 November 2008 / 31 December 2018
Review / 4 / 15 October 2015 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0136
This CMR can be accessed at
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the CMR. The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
NZ Marine and Composites Industry Training OrganisationSSB Code 101812 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018 / / New Zealand Qualifications Aut